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ARCHIVE WEEK COMMENCING 7 Th APRIL
WEEK COMMENCING 7 Th APRIL
Arriva NORTH WEST & WALES
SOUTHPORT GARAGE
Route operations in Southport. There is no hard and fast rule as to vehicle type to route allocation in Southport. On the whole routes 42/44 are operated by the Wright bodied B6/10BLE’s with the occasional Plaxton bodied Dart or Marshall bodied Dart, routes 43/46, and 49/49A are operated with anything allocated to Southport you can see examples of most types on these routes although route 49/49A seem to have more high floor buses allocated to it than route 43/6, Route 47 is normally operated by Marshall bodied Darts and SB220 2624, routes 48, 48A & 300 are worked by Wright Endurance bodied B10B’s with the occasional low floor bus usually Wright bodied examples, routes PR1, PR2 are operated by the DAF SB220’s and Saturday only PR3 is worked by the Plaxton bodied Darts, with other low floor buses covering for shortages, the Plaxton bodied Darts also work on any route, and the Olympians work on routes 43/6, 47B, and occasionally 49/49A, although ANY bus can appear on ANY route
Vehicles allocated
Ld AN68 (1) 3980
Vo OLY (4) 3362/63/64/65
Vo B10B (26) 6507/14/5/6/7/8/20/21/7/8/35/6/7/8/44/5/6,
6548/54/8/9, 6611/5/6/7/9/22
Ds Dart SLF (10) 2291/2/93/4, 7651/2/3/54/5/6
DAF SB220 (5) 2624/5/6/7/8 Note, in special livery for Park & Ride, except 2624
Vo B10BLE (7) 2722/23/4/5/6/7/8
Vo B6BLE (13) 2801/2/03/4/13/4/5/6/7/8/9/21/2
Total for service 65, Low floor 35 High floor 26 double deck 4 , low floor % = 53.8
Out of a total allocation of 65 vehicles the following have not been seen this week 2801, 6535/45/6, and 3980 (61)
Ld AN68 Open Top has not been noted this week
Volvo OLYMPIAN all have been noted during the week working on routes 43/6, 49/49A & & L. C. C. Schools,
Volvo B10B All have been noted out during the week with the exception of 6535/45/6, working routes 48A, and 300, with routes 42/4 seeing 6536, routes 43/6 seeing 6507/16/8/36, and routes 49/49A seeing 6514/6/27/28/36/8/619/22, Note that 6518 is now CCTV fitted
DART SLF/PLAXTON (FORMALLY GAS POWERED) all have been noted out during the week working routes PR3, 49/49A, 43/6 and 42/4,
DAF SB220 all have been noted working Park & Ride services PR1, PR2 & 47 during the week,
Volvo B10SLF All have been noted out during the week working routes 42/4, 43/6 47/47B and 49/49A,
Volvo B6BLE All have been noted out during the week with the exception of 2801, working routes 42/4, 43/6 and 49/49A,
Note 2801 has not been noted since Friday 14 Th March (week 11)DART SLF/MARSHALL
all have been noted out during the week working routes 43/6 47/47B and 49/49A,GENERAL NOTES/SERVICE
Arriva SKELMERSDALE DEPOT
The following vehicles have been noted in Southport this week working the Wigan services 3106/10, 6526/94, 7612/3/33/5/7/8/9/42/8/50/9/74
Arriva OTHER DEPOTS
Arriva TRAINERS noted in Southport during the week were
CUMFYBUS Churchtown
CUMFYBUS FLEET Updated 11/11/07 Additional sightings underlined
OPTARE SOLO
YS02UCB, YS02UCC, YS02UCD, MX53FDF, MX53FDU, MX53FDY, VU52UEM, MX04VLU, MX05OTA, MX05OSY, MX55WDD, MX55WDE, MX55WDF, MX55WDG, EH06UNY, MX06ABN, MX06YXV, MX06YYA, MX57CDO, MX57CDU,
OPTARE ALERO
YR02YRU, YR02YRV, YU02GPV, YU02GPX, YU02GPY, VU02TTY, YS02UCE, YR02YTB YU02GRK, YU02GRX, YP52BPE, YP52BPV, YN03UYA, YN03UYB, YN03UYC, YN03UYD, YN03UYE, YN03UYF, YN04XZM,
DENNIS DART
K580MGT, J379GKH w,
DAF SB220 / EAST LANCS. (Were V2/V3/V16/V4/V6/V1/V4/17/V15GMT)
C 12MFY, C 13MFY, C 16MFY, V116LHG, C 18MFY, C19MFY, V116LHG, V117LHG, V735HEO+,
LEYLAND OLYMPIAN
H551GKX, H553GKX,
FIAT DUCATO
W227PHY, W228PHY, W229PHY, Y817LBV,
RENAULT TRAFFIC
L123DDV,
RENAULT MASTER
MX55YRC, MX06FMO, MX06FNE,
VOLVO B6
L238CCW w,
VOLVO B10M COACH
N 40SLK,
IVECO
N447NAE w,
ITALICS = listed as disposed of
The following vehicles have been noted this week VU02TTY, YS02UCE, MX53FDU/Y, MX55WDF, MX57CDU, C12/6/8MFY, V116/7LHG V735HEO
SOLO route 15 has been worked by MX55WDF, MX57CDU, and route 40 by MX53FDY, this week
ALERO YS02UCE, VU02TTY have been noted in the town during the week
DAF SB220/EAST LANCS. Route 40 has been worked by C 12/6MFY, V116/7LHG, V735HEO during the week
OLYMPIAN
DART/B6
RENAULT’s
FIAT’S
IVECO’s
VOLVO COACH
GENERAL
Stagecoach NORTH WEST/RIBBLE
The following vehicles have been noted in Southport this week 16327/8/9/32/4/5/91/2/7/447/645/733 (08D15 0412 (1)/ (2)), 19032/4/5 19036/7, 33163/72
Stagecoach MERSEYSIDE (nee GLENVALE)
The following vehicles have been noted in Southport this week 34800/19
CLICK SERVICES Skelmersdale worked services 265/285 with M108BLE, R688/97MEW during the week
PRESTON BUS noted during the week working route 2 were 212/28
HAYTON Burnage worked the National Express 314 service to Cambridge during the week with MX56HYZ
J & S (J.S.T.) Darwen Worked route 347 this week with N186EMJ, P217JKL
FYREFIELD (EAST LANCASHIRE COASTAL EXPRESS) Oswaldtwistle Worked route X27 with L800RMS*
HOLMESWOOD Holmeswood Noted this week was PN07EHH
LINK-LINE / HOME JAMES Banks Noted in Southport during the week were, H322LJN
REILLY (MAGHULL COACHES) Bootle worked the St. Mary’s collage contract with C718NCD, C663LJR this week
FORMBY COACHWAYS (FRESHFIELD) Formby noted in Southport during the week was J 10KWB
FUSCO (FUSCO’S) Southport noted during the week were PX03EKC, MV55CUW
Other vehicles noted in Southport this week were
MORDECAI (COACHMASTER) St. Helens P691XVL*, OGDEN St. Helens T984WPN*,
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(Report version 28 (web), Dec 2007)
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